Diderot Murat

Diderot Murat (1775-16 November 1796) was a Colonel of the French Army during the French Revolutionary Wars. He died in the Battle of Arcole.

Biography
Diderot Murat was born in Bordeaux, Aquitaine in southern France in 1775. Murat was conscripted into the French Army's Revolutionary Infantry in 1793 with the draft (levee en masse) introduced, and was sent to command a unit of infantry. By 1796 he had risen to the rank of Colonel at the mere age of 21, and he fought against the Austrian Empire in northern Italy.

During the Battle of Arcole, Murat served under General Napoleon Bonaparte, who wanted to cut Austrian supply lines with his capture of the town. Colonel Murat led a bayonet charge across the Bridge of Arcole alongside many other units of infantry and Bonaparte himself, but was killed in the hand-to-hand fighting with the Austrian German Fusiliers.